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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 60 More Useful Verbs and Verbal Paerns 353 / 600

For example:

Dali smo sve od sebe. We did our best.

All verbs derived from this pair follow the same pattern, e.g.:

dodavati (dodaje / dodaje) ~ dodati

I’ll show you three common derived verb pairs. Each of them behaves like the base

pair: there are two objects, one in A, another, optional, in DL.

With the prefix do-, the meaning is add, but also pass (e.g. salt or ball in a game):

Ivan N je dodao loptu A Marku DL . Ivan passed the ball to Marko.

This verb can be used for mathematical addition, but there’s another verb pair with

the specifically mathematical meaning:

zbrajati ~ zbrojiti add (in math)

With the prefix pro-, the meaning is sell:

Darko N je prodao auto A Ani DL . Darko sold the car to Ana.

m

Ivan N prodaje jabuke A . Ivan sells apples.

prodavati

The third common verb pair is derived with pre-, with the meaning hand over:

Poštar N je predao pismo A Ani DL . The postman handed the letter over to Ana.

The impf. verb from this pair is also used in meaning give lectures (for more

information, check 73 Learning and Renting: Verbs Shifting):

Ivan N predaje matematiku A . Ivan teaches math.

predavati

All three pairs have also alternative forms of present tense of the impf. verb, which

are regularized, i.e. dodavam, etc. They are much less common that the standard

forms.

This table summarizes the four verb pairs:

davati (daje) ~ dati

prefix used with meaning

(none) A (DL) give

do- A (DL) add

pre- A (DL) hand over

pro- A (DL) sell

There are more common verbs derived from this pair. One of them is derived with

u-. It behaves differently than the pairs above, and has a bit unexpected meaning:

marry. Moreover, its use is rather specific; for more details, check 89 Customs and

Traditions.

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